Q18 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2019
Paper: CSIR NET December 2019 · Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Biosynthesis Pathways · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
Muscone is a 
Muscone
Muscone(a)terpenoid
(b)steroid
(c)polyketide
(d)flavonoid
Answer
Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
Muscone (3-methylcyclopentadecanone) is a macrocyclic ketone of fatty-acid/polyketide origin, not built from isoprene units.
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